My female bearded has just died and was acting in good health untill minutes before she died. She was only 3yo and kept in good condition (right temp, substrate, etc) then she sort of fitted, had a jet black beard, laboured breathing and within 30mins was dead. Any ideas or suggestion as why this has happened?
2007-02-18 05:29:05 · 21 answers · asked by fenboy 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
i don't know how they live is it a short live?
As you get attached to cute little hamsters and they live from 1 yr to 3 .
A vet could do a post motem don't know if its costly ,but some times you just don't notice illness in your animals and puff they have gone.
Sorry to hear you just lost your pet maybe look for other web pages on the subject maybe other owners have had the same thing happen to them.
2007-02-18 05:37:54 · answer #1 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
different types of substrate can bind a dragon but the last actions you described sound more in the way of a nervous disorder that can be caused by some sort of poison or insecticide. did anyone handle her after cleaning something like a toilet or laundry soap, bleach etc. it could have been absorbed through the skin or if you used tank decorations from outside maybe bug spray. with the labored breathing and seizure (fitted)and relative quickness of death most likely something affected her nervous system. a stroke is also likely. I am sorry for your loss.
2007-02-18 17:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by lizardman 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I raise Leopard geckoes which are similar to dragons only because they are lizards.
The substrate I use is crushed walnut shells that I get from a company in California. If you used a calcium or granite substrate, it could be that your dragon was impacted. This can cause a sudden death. Another cause could have been contaminated crickets or worms or something else that it ate.
Other than that, I don't have enough info about your dragon. Sorry about your loss, butter luck with your next one.
(Disinfect the complete tank before putting another lizard in that area.)
2007-02-18 13:41:43 · answer #3 · answered by Revenant Hamster 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
thats exactly what happened to my male bearded dragon about a week ago!!! I never found out why but it hurt very bad i was upset very much!! You can find out, if you take her to the vets they can do an autopsy on her its not called that tho its something else
sorry 2 hear about your loss!!
2007-02-20 07:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by Elektra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would talk to your vet. Having an understanding of what may have caused this will help you bring closure, and make you more knowledgable if you own any others, or plan to.
I'm sorry to hear about your loss :(
2007-02-20 14:41:38 · answer #5 · answered by hardrocker950 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly impaction?? What substrate was she on?
Sorry I cannot help more & sorry to hear of your loss :-(
2007-02-19 14:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when she had breathing problems was she shredding skin. i had this problem with my female.i soaked her in water when she was shredding skin and she started to breath funny.i noticed skin over her nose holes when i cleared holes she was fine that was 6 mths ago.I'm very sorry about yours
2007-02-19 16:38:29 · answer #7 · answered by stephen eblue eyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like other animals she mighta had a stroke or something of that nature. But that is kinda weird.... I loved my beared dragon so much!
2007-02-18 13:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
could be many reasons, can you get your vet to do a post mortem? most will do one quite cheap, and it will give you piece of mind especially if you have other reps.
2007-02-19 19:04:49 · answer #9 · answered by mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son's beardie died in similar circumstances. we never found out what happened to him and my son was devastated. as lizards are quite dirty creatures i wondered if ours didn't die because it picked up some kind of infection after drinking out of the water bowl that he kept pooing in. we gave fresh water daily and always changed the water when he'd used it as a toilet!
2007-02-18 14:53:44 · answer #10 · answered by sarah h 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋